"Hidey Hole" 10" x 8" oil on canvas. I think I've posted this before but I recently noticed it was coming apart, and I just "restored" it (back in April).
The leaves, where they're painted over the lighter areas, didn't have enough oil so they dried faster than the layers underneath. That made 'em crack, bad. You can see in the other three pics.
I used walnut oil in the medium this time, for its slower drying time; which has to be fairly moot at this point - 14 years later - but it somewhat unnerved me to see it cracked up like that, so I guess I overreacted a bit. Couldn't hurt though ...
Hence the old axiom, "fat over lean." Maybe I've learned it now. 🤦♂️
